Rollers are giant armadillo monsters often encountered near the beginning of the games. These creatures, as a few other monsters in the series, can be quite dangerous despite looking cute and harmless.
They have moderate attack power and often come in packs of several of them. Their defining feature, however, is their above-average defense stats, which in some cases they can increase even further with their skills.
Roller (Etrian Odyssey)
| Roller | |
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| Description | |
|---|---|
| A creature which rolls by curling up its body. The tactic is also used to defend itself. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 40 |
| ATK | 28 |
| DEF | 25 |
| EXP | 69 |
| Skills | Defend |
| Items | Soft Hide, Gum Hide |
| Weakness | Ice, Volt |
| Resistance | Physical attacks |
The Roller, first encountered in B3F of the Emerald Grove, can be a troublesome enemy for new explorers. It has a high attack and defense for the first stratum. Due to that, physical attacks will do very low damage to it. Despite that, they are vulnerable to both ice and volt, making them easier to take out if you have an Alchemist. They can also use Defend to further increase their defense. If paired along with a Mandrake, it is recommended to take out one or the other, as their abilities compliment each other quite well.
Skills
- Defend (Uses Head): Increases the Rollers defense
Drops
- Soft Hide (Worth: 9 en)
- Gum Hide (Worth: 18 en)
Conditional Drop
- None
Related Monsters
Roller (Etrian Odyssey II)
| Roller | |
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| Description | |
|---|---|
| A small creature which can curl up in its shell in order to roll around and ram its enemies. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 87 |
| ATK | 10 |
| DEF | 13 |
| EXP | 265 |
| Skills | Rolling |
| Items | Gum Hide, Shell Wart |
| Weakness | Fire |
| Resistance | Physical |
Rollers are first encountered on 3F of the Ancient Forest.
Rollers either appear in groups or with other monsters. If the player is new it is recommended to eliminate them one at a time rather than spread the damage out.
Because of their high physical resistance it is more productive to use an Alchemist's elemental attacks or a Ronin or Gunner's elemental attacks.
Skills
- Rolling (Uses Legs): Deals damage to a single party member
Drops
- Gum Hide (Worth: 11 en)
- Shell Wart (Worth: 12 en)
Conditional Drop
- None
Roller (Etrian Odyssey IV)
| Roller | |
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| Description | |
|---|---|
| A small creature which can curl up in its shell in order to roll around and ram its enemies. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 36 |
| ATK | 4 |
| DEF | 6 |
| EXP | 67 |
| Skills | Rush Attack |
| Items | Hard Skin, Roller Shell |
| Weakness | Fire, Ice, Volt |
| Resistance | Slash, Pierce, Bash, Blind |
| Immune | None |
As in previous games, Rollers have a high defense. However, they are incredibly weak to elemental attacks.
Care should be taken when one of these is paired with an Angry Baboon, as the ape is capable of throwing the Roller for great amounts of damage to one of your lines at the expense of damaging the Roller itself. As the Roller doesn't have much health, killing it quickly will not only prevent this, but will stop the Angry Baboon from taking an action that turn.
They first appear in the Old Forest Mine.
Skills
- Rush Attack (Uses Legs): Inflicts Bash damage on one party member
Drops
- Hard Skin (Worth: 4 en)
- Roller Shell (Worth: 6 en)
Conditional Drop
- None
Roller (Etrian Odyssey Untold)
| Roller | |
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| Description | |
|---|---|
| A creature which rolls up by curling its body. The tactic is also used to defend itself. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 100 |
| ATK | 10 |
| DEF | 11 |
| EXP | 110 |
| Skills | Defense Shell |
| Items | Gum Hide |
| Weakness | Leg bind |
| Resistance | Fear |
| Immune | None |
The Roller begins to appear midway (from B3F - B4F) in the Emerald Grove.
Its only tactic is to roll up to increase its own physical defense. While this can prove it difficult to kill for your melee fighters, it can easily be dispatched with magical attacks.
Skills
- Defense Shell (Uses Head): Increases the Roller's defense.
Drops
- Gum Hide (Worth: 13 en)
Conditional Drop
- None
Related Monsters
Roller (Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold)
| Roller | |
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| Description | |
|---|---|
| A critter with a tough hide, it curls up in a ball to ram enemies! | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 97 |
| ATK | 8 |
| DEF | 9 |
| EXP | 75 |
| Skills | Rolling |
| Items | Gum Hide, Shell Wart, Round Roller (Ingredient) |
| Weakness | Bash, Leg Bind |
| Resistance | Slash, Stab, Fear |
| Immune | None |
The Roller can be found on the Ancient Forest, starting from the second floor.
These are very resistant enemies, taking lowered damage from all physical attacks but bashing and taking neutral damage from elemental attacks. Not only that, but they can also cause heavy damage to characters with their Rolling attack. Elemental attacks are the best way to dispatch them, as well as binding their legs to stop their attacks.
When defeated they will drop the Round Roller ingredient.
Skills
- Rolling (Uses Legs): Heavy damage to a single target
Drops
- Gum Hide (Worth: 11 en)
- Shell Wart (Worth: 13 en)
Conditional Drop
- None
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